[sorry, for the long delay. I just wasn't feeling up to writing this summer and I'll try to continue writing throughout this school year.]
(I might have to alter the dialogue with the Rakata so it can make sense)
The masked woman and the man got out the shuttle and looked at the damage. "That damned twi'lek." Muttered the woman as she viewed the damage.
"What's the damage?" Asked the man, calmly.
"We took a laser blast to the engine and the hull but I'm sure it's not a big deal." She said, as she pressed a button and walked away and waited for the ship to repair itself.
Nearby, a Sith sniper had set up a sniper rifle on a stand and had it aiming at the Hawk but he got up and saluted the woman. "Everything is in place, my Lord. Who shall I aim and kil.." He stopped short as his hands instinctively went towards his throat to get rid of the invisible hands around his neck.
The man turned toward and watched calmly as the woman had a hand raised toward him with the choking gesture. Soon enough, the soldier lay dead with his windpipe crushed on the ground. "I'll use it myself." She said, looking at the corpse.
The man looked through the sniper scope and saw Bastila, Carth, Jolee fighting the natives on the beach with Mission and Zachary at the base of the boarding ramp. "What should we do with them? Kill them now?" He asked, calmly standing back up and away from the sniper rifle.
The woman went toward the sniper rifle and aimed at Carth and fired but the shot ended up killing a native instead and she stepped away from the rifle and looked at the man.
"If the Jedi survive and get to the Star Forge, I'll just destroy the Ebon Hawk." The woman said, reaching into her robes, and revealed a detonator. The man just looked at it and he seemed to be thinking about something.
The woman moved behind him and brandished two lightsabers behind him. "Would you die under the name of Malak? You failed once, only by killing the Cathar."
The man turned around and stared at the woman. "What are you implying?"
"It's time for Malak's rule to end so Revan can become Sith Lord again." The woman said, as she ignited her lightsabers and held them in a menacing way.
The man ignited his own lightsaber, this time a double-bladed lightsaber. "Why strike now when I can easily kill you? You don't have enough time to find an apprentice."
The woman just chuckled slightly. "Yeah, about that. I've been training one in secret."
"So, what will Lord Malak think of this?" Asked the man.
"Ok, here's something for you. If you slay me, then Malak continues to rule over the galaxy. If I win, Darth Revan rules over the galaxy once more." The woman said.
The man looked at the masked woman and grinned. "You clearly can't see so you aren't fit to rule the Sith." He said, as he lunged at her. The two beings began attacking each other, blocking their blades, attempting to slash at the other, and using force powers against the other.
...
Bastila, Jolee, Carth, and Zaalbar went back to the Hawk for a few moments before the two Jedi and Carth left to go right instead of left at the rusted engine.
They reached what looked like an enclave but they stopped when they saw the same creatures and a couple rancors race towards them.
["Stay your weapons, Interloper. We are not here for battle or blood. We bring you an invitation from the One, Great Champion of the Rakata."]
Bastila looked at Jolee who shrugged since he couldn't understand them, before she looked back at the creatures. "Rakata? The One? What are you talking about?" Bastila asked.
"Hold on a second - you understand these things? How come you know the language and yet you've never been hear before?" Carth asked, really confused.
Bastila took the translator out of her ear and showed it to Carth. "I don't know the language and I've never been here before. This thing helps me understand them and I guess it helps with the language or something." Bastila said.
Carth looked at the object in Bastila's hand before she put it back in her ear. "Where did you get that?"
"I found it on Tana's bunk so I'm guessing she came here years earlier." Bastila said, as she put the object back in her ear.
["You have used strange magics and weapons to slaughter our raiding parties, Interloper. You have bathed in the blood of fierce Rakatan warriors."] The lead Rakatan said. Bastila, Jolee, and Carth looked down at their clothes and they had faint blood splatter from the Rakatan warriors they fought earlier. ["Your power and skill in battle has impressed the One. He wishes an great audience with you: a great honor. Come with us now and we will take you to him."]
Bastila didn't want to see the One but she didn't want to start a conflict with these creatures. "Ok. Take us to the One." She said, as they walked to the enclave.
...
Bastila, Carth, and Jolee followed their Rakatan guide as he lead them to the One. The trio looked around at their surroundings and the natives stared at them. They were lead to a circular looking room with at least 4 cages with rancors in them, off to the side were several dead Rakatan, but they looked different from the rest and there was one survivor trapped in a cage and in the center of the room, was a Rakatan that they assumed had to be the One.
Bastila walked up close to the One while Jolee and Carth remained at the edges of the circle.
["Revan. Somehow, I knew we would meet again. Even when you vanished, I knew you would not forget the vow you swore to me. And when my scouts told me of a great warrior from the sky slaughtering our raiding parties with mysterious powers and magics, I knew you had at last returned!"] The One exclaimed, slightly happy.
"I'm sorry but Revan is, well, she's dead or captured, but Malak is still alive and he's, well, evil." Bastila said. "I'm the one going to fulfill her vow."
["Your words are confusing. You say she is dead or captured and yet, she sent you to fulfill her vow. The vow she made when she was with Malak, the one who followed her. Revan promised to slay our enemy, in exchange for our aid she promised to destroy the Elders and bring us their secrets. Are you saying that this meant nothing to her?"] The One asked, angrily.
"Well, I'm sure it meant something but she wouldn't remember because her mind was, well, destroyed."
["Well, I believe you when you say that her mind was destroyed. If she was here now, then I probably would've sensed something different about her. Yet, the power of magic - what you call the Force - is still within her as it is within you. She can still fulfill her vow when you destroy the elders."]
"So what was this vow exactly?" Bastila asked.
["Revan promised to kill the Elders and bring us the secret knowledge they protect. In exchange, we promised to use this lost knowledge to help you enter the Temple of the Ancients. When Revan vanished, we thought she had forgotten us - or had been killed by the Elders. Now that she sent you, our alliance still holds: destroy the Elders and we will help you."]
"I'll kill for you but you must answer some questions I have." Bastila said, waving her hand so the One wouldn't see it.
["I suppose what you say is true - since Revan didn't tell you anything."]
"Just start when Revan first arrived with Malak." Bastila said, and she spent the next few minutes listening to the information the One was telling her. Whenever Bastila asked anything technology wise, the One seemed to be very confused by her words.
"Alright, I'll help you kill the Elders." Bastila lied.
Bastila walked away from the One, with Jolee and Carth following her, and back out the way they came. They continued walking until they reached the Temple of the Ancients and went for the other entrance.
...
They walked down the path and encountered a downed ship with a mine field, so they carefully made their way past the mines. They had to fight a rancor and ended up at another beach area with another enclave but this enclave had some kind of power circuit for defense. The trio walked toward the center of the power circuit and a hologram of a Rakatan showed up, just like the Star Map on the Wookiee homeworld.
["You are not Rakata. What is your business here, off-worlder?"]
"Um, who are you?" Bastila asked.
["We are the Elders and you will answer our questions. Who are you and why have you come?"]
"I seek the Star Forge." Bastila said.
["You...you are Revan! The council wishes to speak with you. You may enter."]
Something happened and they were able to enter. "It's nice to know, that we are deceiving these things by saying that Bastila is Revan. I love the deceiving game and it's really fun. I did it all the time with the Wookiees to keep me busy." Jolee muttered as they entered the enclave.
Once inside, the trio were meet with the same aliens that attacked them, except these aliens had lighter skin and seemed friendly.
["We of the Elder Council did not expect to see you again, Revan. We thought you had betrayed us. Why have you returned to the village after all this time?"]
"About that. I'm not Revan, but she sent me instead since she's been captured. We intend to destroy the Star Forge."
["Oh. So she sent you and you plan on helping us?"] Asked one of the Elders, who looked at the other two before walking away for a few minutes. Bastila looked at her companions and Jolee just shrugged.
["Since Revan betrayed us last time, and she sent you. You have to help us with something before we let you access the Temple of the Ancients."] said of the Elders as they returned.
"If I was working with the One, then you would already be dead." Bastila said.
["I guess that's true but we still need your help with something. You need to prove that you won't betray us."]
"How do I prove that?" Bastila asked.
["To prove, that you aren't going to betray us, you need to rescue our scouts from the One."]
"So basically, it's a rescue mission from a really brutal warlord? Hm, does that sound familiar?" Jolee muttered.
["Most of our scouts were brutally slaughtered by the One but we have information that one is still alive. They will use unimaginable torture to force the scout to reveal everything he knows about our tribe. And once the One is done with him, he will be executed like the others. Rescue our scout and we will consider helping you."]
"Is it possible to negotiate with the One?" Bastila asked, even though she already knew the answer.
["Probably not. Most likely you will have to fight to get to him so negotiation might not be possible."]
"We'll be back after we rescue the prisoner." Bastila said, and the trio walked out of the enclave and went back to the Ebon Hawk.
"How do you suppose we get the prisoner?" Mission asked, once Bastila filled the rest of the crew in.
"That's where you come in, Mission. I was hoping you have more of those stealth field generators enough for the three of us and the prisoner." Bastila asked.
"Yeah, we have plenty of them." Mission said, running to the cargo hold to get some.
"I was thinking that you, Jolee, Mission use the Mandalorian armor since it might be more protection." Carth said.
"If Juhani was here, I would send her in." Jolee said, as Mission came back with Mandalorian armor and stealth field generators.
"I wondering if it possible to deal with the situation by sneaking in, which is why I suggested the belts." Bastila said.
"Well, it's better than nothing." Carth said.
"We should wait until dark so it's harder to see us." Bastila said and the group agreed on it.
The group waited until dark before walking down to the One's enclave. Bastila turned to look at Carth, who was carrying a silenced rifle. "Only shoot when necessary."
"You got it." Came the reply from the Republic soldier.
They neared the entrance to the enclave, and they noticed some rancors and Rakata roaming about near the entrance.
"Carth and Zaalbar stay here and keep watch. We'll let you know if anything happens. Mission and Jolee follow me." Bastila said, turning on her stealth field, followed by the other two. The Mandalorian armor fit them well hopefully the Rakata won't notice the two humans and twi'lek. The trio stuck to the shadows waited for the guards near the entrance to move. They waited a few moments but the guards didn't move, so Bastila signaled Carth for a distraction. Carth picked up a log and with Bastila's help flung it against a nearby rock.
["What was that?"] one of the Rakata guards asked following the sound.
"Now!" Bastila whispered and the trio quickly got inside the enclave and Bastila started using her memory to find their way to the One's throne room. They had a few close calls where some Rakata nearly bumped into them but the trio quickly moved out of the way.
They entered the One's throne room but the One was nowhere to be seen. Bastila then noticed the cage suspended in the air above the room with a trapped Elder Rakata. Mission started walking over to a lever never baskets filled with stuff. "Mission, let's think about this for a minute." Jolee said.
"I think that lever controls the door to the rancor cages." Bastila said, looking at the 4 rancor cages, where the sleeping beasts were and next to one of the cages were a pile of corpses and each were impaled on spikes. "The scouts!" Bastila exclaimed quietly.
"He should figure out a way to get him out quietly. Lowering the cage down, lightsabers, and blasters are too loud." Jolee said.
"So, that leaves the force." Bastila said, and she started using the force to try to open the cage and Jolee started using the force, once the cage door was open, to lower the Rakata scout to the ground and Mission went to the way they came to look for the One or any other Rakata to see if they were about to be swarmed.
["You...you have saved me from the savages and war beasts."] the scout exclaimed upon reaching the ground. Unfortunately, he was injured since he was standing at a angle with a arm over his stomach.
"We were sent by the Council to rescue you." Bastila said, grabbing the extra stealth field generator and handing it to the scout. "Take this and put it on quickly."
["I don't know what I could've done if you had not come. I suppose I would be dead now, like the others they captured with me. Thank you for saving me. I will tell the council of what you have done."] the scout said, taking the belt.
The group left the throne room and started making their way to the entrance of the enclave. "Trouble is ahead and he will be angry soon." Jolee whispered, looking ahead.
Bastila looked where Jolee was looking and saw the One approaching the throne room. "We need to get out quickly." She whispered and the group quickened their pace and soon enough they got out and way from the enclave.
They walked the scout to the temple and he gave back the stealth field. The trio watched him walk back to his own enclave. Once the scout went out of view, the trio walked back to the Ebon Hawk for the remainder of the night.